Film reel



Nov. 23, 1943.

J. E. O. FELLERv FILM REEL Original Filed Dec. 20, 1939 Wm E0 lie/Mr Patented Nov. 23, 1943 FI-LM REEL John, 1:. 0. Feller, Canton, Ohio Original application De 310,195, now Patent- 22, 194l- SerialNo. 40

3 Claims.

The invention relates to a reel for receiving and supporting the film for a motionpicture projector and the present application is a division of my copending application for film winding apparatus, Serial No. 310,195, filedv December 20, 1939, now Patent. No. 2,269,653, issued January 13, 1942.

The invention has for its object the provision of a film reel adapted to bev installed upon a motion picture projector ofusual and well-known construction to take the place of the usual receiving spool or reel, the improved reel including means whereby the film may be rewound therein from the, periphery toward the center whereby the film is in proper position to permit said reel to be transferred to the usual feed shaft provided upon projectors so that film may be fed therefrom and passed through the projector, whereby the improved film reel is used alternately as a feed reel and as a receiving drum or spool.

A further object is the provision of a film reel of this character comprising a side plate with a hub fixed thereto and arranged to be journaled upon the feed reel shaft or the receiving drum shaft of the projector as required, a removable peripheral ring for attachment to the periphery of said side plate, a removable side plate for detachable connection to the other end of the hub, a split ring located between the side plates and means for contracting or expanding the split ring within the coil of film.

The above objects together with others which will be apparent from the drawing and following description may be attained by constructing the improved film winding apparatus in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a motion picture projector of usual and well-known design showing the improved film reel in use therein as a feed reel and also as a receiving drum;

Fig. 2, a side elevation of the improved film reel;

Fig. 3, .a transverse sectional view of the reel taken as on the line 33, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4, a section taken as on the line 4-4, Fig. 3;

Fig. 5, a detached perspective view of the split expansible ring; and

Fig. 6, a detail elevation of the locking means for the split ring which surrounds the reel when used for receiving a film from the projector.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A motion picture projector of conventional design is indicated generally at l3 and is provided with the usual upwardly disposed supporting bracket I4 which supports the usual feed shaft 15 upon which the feed reel or spool is ordinarily journaled, and with the usual downwardly disposed supporting bracket l6 upon which the receiving reel is ordinarily carried.

cember 20, 1939, Serial No. No. 2,269,653, dated January 13, 1942. Divided and this application July 10 the usual projector lens film reel as indicated The improved film reel to which the invention pertains is'adapted to be used alternately as a feed reel or spool and a receiving reel or drum and is indicated at A in Figure 1 as mounted upon the feed reel shaft l5 and at Bin the same figure functioning as the receiving reel or drum.

The film indicated at I 'I is withdrawn from the feed reel or spool A and passes under theroller It then down through the guide l9 located behind 26 and then over the pulley 2| passing downward therefrom as indicated at '13. where in general practice it is wound upon the receiving reel or spool from which it must be latter rewound so as to be in proper position to be again passed through the projector.

As-disclosed in detail in the parent application, of which this is a division, the film then passes under the conical pulley 22 provided with a tapered rim flange 23 and then to the improved at B which acts as a receiving reel or drum.

The mechanism by which the film is wound Within the receiving drum is disclosed and claimed in the parent application and since the 5 present application is directed to the film reel pertains includes the side plate or disk ll per se it is not thought necessary to further discloseor describe such mechnaism in this application.

The improved film reel to which the invention having a hub portion provided with a threaded bore 39 adapted to be mounted upon thethreaded portion of the feed reel shaft E5 or of the receiving reel shaft 3'! as desired.

The split peripheral flange ring 59 is provided for clamping around the periphery of the disk or side plate 4| of the improved reel When the same is to be used as a receiving reel or drum, thus, forming an open sided drum as shown at 40 B in Figure l.

As set forth in the parent application above referred to, this receiving drum is mounted upon the shaft 31 carried by a floating arm illustrated and described in detail in said parent case but not shown in this application since it forms no part of the film reel itself to which the present claims are directed.

The ring 50 of the receiving reel is thus supported by gravity upon the driving roller 59 carried by the arm 56 which is rigidly connected to the front portion of the projector and driven by gearing as disclosed in said parent application to rotate the receiving reel 13.

Asthe projector is operated the film I! is withdrawn from the feed reel A in usual manner and passed between the lens and the light in the projector and then downwardly a indicated at 11a aro nd; the pulley 2,2. and d e p ller 69-, a d then over the driving roller 59, the film being As the roller 59 is driven, the receiving reel B is thus driven thereby coiling the film within the reel with the leading end to the outside, the film i being coiled from the periphery to the center of being a plurality of radial slots in each side plate,

the reel and thus being transferred into the re:

ceiving reel in the same position it occupied upon the feed reel so that it is not necessary to rewind the film before again exhibiting it in the proiector.

When all of the film has been coiled within the receiving reel the swinging arm (not shown) may be operated to move the receiving reel B away from the driving roller 59.

A split expanding ring 509. is then inserted within the Open center of the coil of film and the reel is removed from the shaft 31 and placed upon the feed shaft l5.

The removable side plate or disk Ms may then be placed in positionrupon the reel as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This removable side plate has a smaller disk 13 journaled thereon as by the hub 74 rotatably mounted Within the central opening 15 of the removable side plate 4 la.

A plurality of spacing pins 16 may be carried by the removable side plate Me and its disk 13, these spacing pins having reduced end portions 11 and is received through the corresponding radial slots'lQ and 80 respectively, in the side plates 4! and 4|a, the reduced end portions 18 of these pins being also received through the curved slots 8| in the disk 13.

A head 82 may be formed upon one end of each of the spacing pins 76 and a flange headed screw 83 may be engaged in the other reduced end of each spacing pin to retain them in position.

It should be understood that the spacing pins 16 are normally located at the inner ends of the slots 80 so that when the removable side plate Me is placed in position upon the reel the heads 82 of the spacing pins will be received in the, enlarged inner ends 84 of the radial slots 19 in the side plate 4|.

The disk 13 may then be rotated relative to the removable side plate 4|a, by means of the knob 85 to the position shown in Figs.'2, 3, and 4, moving the spacing pins 16 radially outward through the slots l9 and 80 and expanding the split ring 5% within the coil of film.

The latch plate 52 may then be opened and the peripheral flange ring 53 removed from the reel which is then in the condition and position shown at A in Figure 1, ready to function as a feed reel from which the film may be withdrawn as indicated at H in Figure 1 and passed downward between the lens and lamp of the projector as indicated at 19, thence downward as indicated at Ila and aroundthe pulleys 22 and 69 and recoiled in the receiving reel as above described.

It should be understood that for this purpose a receiving reel is formed by placing a split flange ring 50 upon a side plate 4 l, in the manner above described andmounting the same upon the shaft 31, in'the'position'shown at B in Figure l.

l. A film reversing feed reel and. receiving drum for a motion picture projector having a feed reel shaft and a receiving drum shaft, comprising a side plate having a hub portion arranged to be alternately mounted upon the receiving drum shaft and upon the feed-reel shaft,

periphery of the side plate, a second side plate connected to the open side of the drum, a hub journalled upon the second side plate said second hub being arranged to be placed upon the feed reel shaft, a disc fixedly mounted upon said second hub adjacent to the second side plate, there the disc having a plurality of curved slots therein, transverse pins located through the corresponding slots of the side plates and disc, a split ring located around the spacing pins and within 'the coil of film, and means for rotating the disc relative to the side plates to move the spacing a removable peripheral ring, placed around the pins toward or from the center of the drum to contract or expand the split ring within the coil of film;

'2. A film reversing feed reel and receiving drum fora motion picture projector having a feed reel shaft and a receiving drum shaft, comprising a side plate having a hub portion arranged to be alternately mounted upon the receiving drum shaft and upon the feed reel shaft, a removable peripheral ring placed around the periphery of the side plate, a second side plate connected to the open side of the drum, a hub journalled upon the second side plate said second hub being arranged to be placed upon the feed reel shaft, a disc fixedly mounted upon said second hub adjacent to the second side plate, there being a plurality of radial slots in each side plate, the disc having a plurality of curved slots therein, transverse pins located through the corresponding slots of the side plates and disc, the slots in the first named side plate being enlarged at their inner ends, heads upon the free ends of the spacing pins adapted to be received through said enlarged inner ends of the slots, a split ring located around the spacing pins and Within the coil of film, and means for rotating the disc relative to the side plates to move the spac ing pins toward or from the center of the drum to contract or expand the split ring Within the coil of film.

3. A fihn reversing feed reel and receiving drum for a motion picture projector having a feed reel shaft and a receiving drum shaft, comprising a side plate having a hub portion providedwith internal screw threads for alternate mounting upon the receiving drum shaft and upon the feed reel shaft, aremovable peripheral split ring placed around the periphery of the side plate, means for clamping said peripheral ring around the side plate, a second side plate connected to the open side of the drum, a second hub journalled upon the second side plate, said second hub being arranged to be placed-upon the feed reel shaft and to abut the first hub, a disc fixedly mounted upon said second hub adjacent to the outer side of the second side plate, there being a plurality of radial slots in each side plate, the disc havinga plurality of curved slots therein, transverse pins located through the corresponding slots of the side plates and disc, the slots in the first named side plate being enlarged at theirinner ends, heads upon the free ends of the spacing pins adapted to be received through said enlarged'inner ends of the slots, a split ring located around the spacing pins and within the coil of film, and means forrotating the disc relative to the side platesto move the spacing pin's toward or from the center'of the drum to contract or expand the split ring Within the coil of film. r

. i JOHN E. O. FELLER. 

